Episode 2-3 - A Very Good Musical Journey with The Messenger: Ninjas! (or is it just Ninja?)

This week, the boys are joined by fellow podcaster and top-tier VGM fan, Alex "The Messenger Messenger! We showcase a few of our favorite songs from the game bearing his nickname, as well as a wide variety of games featuring those mysterious shadow-warriors of yore: ninjas! Or is it just ninja? Well, either way, you can be sure of one thing: you're in for some very good music! As always, we'd like to thank our amazing patrons, The Last Rican, Carlos, Skeletroy, and The Messenger himself!. You can see links to their work at the end of the playlist on YouTube, along with links to the work of some of the artists we're featuring. Thanks also to Skeletroy for our theme song and for the bmper music under our special guest, Ed Wil--er--Ryu Hayabusa! And thanks to Carlos and to Ben "The Diad" Dishman for our show's artwork! Support us at patron.com/vgmvgm; e-mail us at [email protected]; find Shootkapow online @Shootkapow on Twitter; visit our YouTube page for links to all the places you can find us online! :43 - Play-in - The Messenger - Ninja's Respite (Ninja Village) - Devolver Digital - Windows/Switch/PS4/XB1 - 2018 - Rainbowdragoneyes 7:06 - Spyro: Year of the Dragon - Fireworks Factory - Sony - PS1 - 2000 - Stewart Copeland 12:10 - Kirby’s Return to Dream Land - Ninja Dojo - Nintendo - Wii - 2011 - Hirokazu Ando, Jun Ishikawa 18:12 - Mysical Ninja Starring Goemon - Kompira Mountain - Konami - N64 - 1997 - Shigeru Araki, Yusuke Kato, Saiko Miki, Yasumasa Kitagawa 23:42 - Mortal Kombat - The Courtyard - Midway - Arcade (and lots of ports) - 1992 - Dan Forden 31:13 - The Messenger - Phantom of Yore - Devolver Digital - Windows/Switch/PS4/XB1 - 2018 - Rainbowdragoneyes 37:25 - ARMS - Ninjara Theme - Nintendo - Switch - 2017 - Atsuko Asahi, Yasuaki Iwata 45:04 - Ninja Baseball Bat Man - Seattle (Stage 1) - Irem America Corporation - Arcade - 1993 - Hayashi Sho, Jitta 51:40 - Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 - The Ninja Take a Stand! - Bandai Namco - Windows/Switch/PS4/XB1 - 2016 - Chikayo Fukuda 56:34 - (Ryu Hyabusa Talks Ninjutsu) - Ninja Gaiden - Devilish Influence (Japanese mix) - Skeletroy 59:51 - Shadow of the Ninja - Stage 5 - Natsume (Taito in Europe) - NES - 1990 - Iku Mizutani, Kouichi Yamanishi 1:05:08 - Killer Instinct - The Tiger Warrior - Microsoft - Windows/XB1 - 2013 - Mick Gordon 1:15:05 - TMNT IV: Turtles in Time - Sewer Surfin’ - Konami - Arcade (1991)/SNES (1992) - Mutsuhiko Izumi, Kozo Nakamura 1:22:52 - The Messenger - The Frozen Light (Glacial Peak) Rock Cover by Lame Genie - Devolver Digital - Windows/Switch/PS4/XB1 - 2018 - Rainbowdragoneyes 1:33:38 - Ninjabread Man - Track 1 - Data Design Interactive - PS2/Windows (2005), Wii (2007) - Composer unknown 1:35:08 - Blooper Reel - Little Ninja Bros - Title Screen and Town of Yokan - Culture Brain - NES - 1989 - Akinori Sawa